Lee Min-ho is 4-2 with a 2.97 ERA with 11Kyonggi 57.2 innings this year. On May 21, Deagu Samsung was included in the starting lineup and is starting once in about 10 days in management. He threw a Rookie challenge with a fastball that exceeded the maximum of 150km and a high-speed slider power pitching of 140km. He has won only four games because he has not been supported by a toxic batting line, but has allowed only two points or less seven of his nine starts so far.
However, Hong Chang-ki has also been on the rise since the middle of last month, and he has been in the lead-off due to the injury of the first batter Lee Chun-woong. By the 22nd, the season's Batting average is 0.266, but the on-base percentage is 0.408, steadily stepping on the first base. Kyonggi has increased his confidence, actively swinging his bat and steadily Hitting the long shot.
Of course, KT, Kim Ji-chan, Kim Yoon-soo, and KIA Jung Hae-young are also looking for Rookie. The three except Kim Yoon-soo are high school graduates like Lee Min-ho, and Kim Yoon-soo is a second-hand newcomer for three years.
However, LG coach Ryu Joong-il has put together the current Rookie competition in a word: “I think we should erase everything and literally get a Rookie. “I wonder if the Innocence Rookie will get better at the title Rookie,” he said. When asked Ryu, "What if there is no Rookie in the first year like before?" He replied, "Then I would like to say that there is no Rookie this year."
As the season is about three months away, the Rookie competition can be reorganized as well. Still, if the season ends like this, Ryu Joong-il's mind is heading for Lee Min-ho rather than Hong Chang-ki.